Urine color deviations do not always indicate problems in the body. But if there are no natural reasons for such an incident, then changes can be attributed to the sign of a disease.
In general, a color indicator is a characteristic that is paid attention in laboratory studies. Urochrome is a pigment that gives urine a yellowish tint. It can change from light yellow to amber, and that's normal. In this case, the urine should not have impurities and be clouded.
What changes color
The color of urine may depend on the coloring pigments that are contained in our food (legumes, beets, carrot juice, brightly colored berries), and, of course, on some components of medications.
If it is painted in the wrong colors, for example in green, pink, orange or blue, this does not always indicate a disease. Antibiotics, anticancer drugs, or grass- based hay laxatives may cause such changes . If you pay attention to the instructions for medicines, then there is always a warning about such an effect. After stopping the drug, the color quickly returns to normal.
Dark urine: causes
In fact, brown urine is a fairly common occurrence. In order to correctly identify the cause, you will need to more accurately determine its shade. The urine may be light brown, slightly cloudy, muddy, dark in color, the color of beer or tea.
Dark urine: natural causes
- Eating black tea, legumes, rhubarb, aloe.
- Treatment with laxatives, as well as with medicines Rifampicin, Metronidazole, Nitrofuran. Such drugs stain urine in dark brown shades.
- Light brown color may occur during dehydration. A person is constantly thirsty and rarely goes to the toilet to urinate. Here you need to trace the bladder.
Dark urine, pathological causes
- Problems with the liver. The color of urine with hepatitis and cirrhosis changes under the influence of dark pigments, such as bilirubin and biliverdin. It takes on a hue of dark beer. Another sign of liver disease is the appearance of a yellow foam with agitation of urine.
- Problems with the work of the kidneys. Dark urine may appear, the reasons for which lie in urolithiasis, due to the ingestion of particles of blood. A tumor and inflammatory processes of the genitourinary system (polycystic kidney disease) can give it purulent brown dark shades.
- Infections. Brown urine with blood can be observed in diseases such as urethritis, cystitis, pyelonephritis and others.
Additional symptoms
The following symptoms are alarming and require consultation with a specialist:
- Temperature jumps for several days, fever.
- Frequent urination.
- It hurts or is difficult to urinate.
- Bad and pungent urine.
- Nausea or vomiting.
- Pain in the abdomen.
Similar symptoms and dark urine, the analysis of which will help identify the cause of the condition, become an occasion to visit a therapist, urologist or nephrologist.